| Powerful yet elegant is this Canadian National 4-8-4 Confederation (CN's name for the Northern type) #6207 sitting quietly in an unidentified yard. Specs - serial #69705, class U-2-g, 73" drivers, impressive 250 psi boiler pressure, 25.5x30" cylinders, engine weight of 400,300 lb, tractive effort of 56,786 lb. The locomotive was retired and scrapped in September of 1961 after barely 19 years. No date, location or photographer was given for the photo. |